Conference Digest Creation via Branch Information Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional conference support systems lack the functionality to efficiently create and manage conference digests, particularly when discussions branch, making it difficult to revisit and summarize conference content effectively.
Innovation Solution
A conference support system that includes a display and operation acceptor for generating signals, a controller to manage scene transitions and branch information, and a storage to store scene and branch information in a time-series manner, allowing for the creation of conference digests by specifying start and end points and excluding residual branch paths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional conference support systems store only time-series screen information without branch information, then the system structure remains simple, but the system cannot efficiently create conference digests when discussions branch
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the conference flow information into two distinct types: time-series screen information and branch information. This segmentation allows the system to handle linear time progression and branching discussions separately, enabling efficient digest creation by selectively combining these segmented information types without creating a complex integrated structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a branch dimension to the traditional time-series information structure. By introducing branch information that designates branch points and associates them with specific scenes, the system transforms from a single-dimensional time axis to a multi-dimensional structure that can represent both chronological progression and discussion branches, enabling versatile digest creation.
2Productivity
If the system stores detailed branch information for all discussion branches, then conference digest creation becomes accurate and efficient, but information storage and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential branch information needed for digest creation - specifically branch point designations and their associations with scenes - rather than storing complete details of all branching discussions. This extraction approach enables efficient digest creation by focusing on structural branch information while avoiding the complexity of processing complete branch discussion content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary organization of branch information during the conference by storing branch point designations and scene associations as the conference progresses. This preliminary action prepares the information structure in advance, so that when digest creation is needed, the system can efficiently retrieve and combine pre-organized time-series and branch information without complex real-time processing.
3Ease of operation
If the system allows branching discussions by returning to previous time points, then discussion flexibility improves, but managing and reproducing conference flow becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces branch information as an intermediary element that mediates between the time-series screen information and the branching discussion requirements. This intermediary structure allows the system to maintain simple time-series storage while enabling flexible branching operations through the branch point designations, thus improving discussion flexibility without proportionally increasing management complexity.
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AI summary
A conference support apparatus includes: a conference management section that stores screen information obtained by the object operation to manage screen transition in the conference; a branch management section that stores branch information for discriminating a branch point in association with the screen on which a branching operation is performed to manage a branch point of the conference when the branching operation is performed to branch the discussion; and a digest creation section that refers to branch information to specify the digest part that connects the start point and the end point from which a branch is excluded when the branch is included between the start point and the end point and extracts screen information about a screen included in the specified digest part to create a conference digest on the basis of the screen information corresponding to the specified digest part when a digest creation operation is performed.